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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1973
Page
5
Iowa’s banking superintendent proposes adding Good Friday Columbus Day New Year’s Eve and Christmas Eve as optional bank holidays with notice and emergency closure powers. The plan lets banks close for local events or emergencies with superintendent or presidential/governor proclamations.
Iowa banking proposals aim to curb “try out” applications by removing fees and allow fiduciaries to renew one year certificates without customer signatures. Plan includes credit support for livestock trade and revised powers for the state banking superintendent to suspend officers pending a quick hearing. Proceedings would be reviewable by Polk County district court within 30 days.
Wesley Spilde, 16, sustains a severe scalp laceration in a one car crash two miles southeast of Frankville on a county blacktop road. Passenger Mike Martin has a sprained ankle. Both boys walked to a nearby farm and were taken to Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital. Allamakee county sheriff's office investigates.
Two men, Larry Aikman and Randy Hubler, escaped serious injury after a car burned and exploded near Tipton around 1:30 am Sunday. They had just returned from Cedar Valley and chased the vehicle into a ravine where Aikman pulled a five gallon gasoline can from the back. The car exploded as the fire department arrived, singeing Aikman's eyebrows.
Frank Nye notes six Franklin ninth graders visited the Iowa legislature after helping Sen. Tom Riley. They observed lawmakers distracted by newspapers and mail while speeches were given, then met Gov. Ray who quipped about senators not listening to him. Rep. Wally Horn drafts a bill to fly the state flag daily, but Iowa lacks an official state flag in law.
Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm of New York will discuss The Thrust in Higher Education at 8 p.m. Friday in the Main Lounge of Iowa Memorial Union. The lecture closes the 1972 73 University Lecture Series and is free with tickets available at the Union box office for faculty students and staff upon ID. Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and to run for U.S. president, represents Brooklyn Bed-Stuy in a second term and has a background in New York state legislature. She advocates civil rights and urban poverty solutions and wrote the autobiography Unbought and Unbossed.
Budding musicians are looking for affordable used instruments. Consider placing a want ad to reach hobbyists and aspiring players seeking violins, guitars, keyboards, and accessories. Quick listings can move items and help new talents start their musical journey.
AMES AP The Highway Emergency Long-distance Phone system HELP logged over 4000 calls to the Iowa highway patrol from motorists seeking aid or information during the first six months of operation. It is a two year trial by the Iowa highway commission and the state public safety department. About 1500 calls in July to December 1972 were weather related. officials say this is not the intended use but users will adjust.
Funeral services for Rep Delbert Trowbridge a Charles City Republican who served his second term in the Iowa House will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Charles City He died of a heart attack in a Des Moines hospital after several weeks illness at age 69 He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
After a bond election, Deep River-Millersburg Community school board initiated building plans with total funds reaching 200,760.47 including accrued interest. The board approves 7,500 in architect fees, 468.56 state auditing fee, and directs a 190,000 investment for 30 to 60 days. A special hearing with architect Frangkiser is set to review reduced plans due to rising costs. The district also plans a teacher pay raise to 7,100 for a BA, affecting about one third of faculty, with an estimated 7,971 additional needed.
Raymond Bachman of New Hampton, 19, was charged with failure to yield right of way after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Rita Scott, 23, Independence, at an Independence intersection Sunday afternoon.
Des Moines will host one of 15 cities receiving new instruments to read electronic signals from tornadoes and storms. The devices, paired with the existing storm finder radar, come from NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory in Boulder. Des Moines’ unit should activate in early April, ahead of Iowa’s tornado season spanning March 15 to June 1.
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